Eve & Gwen Go Behind the Scenes of “Let Me Blow Your Mind” in New Vevo Footnotes

Eve and Vevo have released a new installment of Footnotes for the Grammy-winning 2001 classic “Let Me Blow Your Mind.” The episode features exclusive commentary from Eve and Gwen Stefani about the collaboration experience, the recording process, favorite moments and more.

During the episode, Eve recalls the record being a definitive career statement, meant to be “fun and cocky and celebratory” to show the industry she was “here to stay.” The episode also mentions the night Eve was working with Dr. Dre to finish the song, “Dre was like, ‘You’re not leaving the studio until this song is done.’ I hated him that day, but I’m happy he made me stay.”

Eve shares that she was actually advised against the collaboration. “I got told that that was never going to work, that people would be like, ‘Why are these two chicks together?” Eve pushed back, trusting her “gut feeling” and that she pushed back insisting on trying it out and that they would sound great together. Gwen echoes this adding, “we appreciated each other’s worlds and coming together, we knew we were going to create something new and have this fresh energy.”

The episode also includes notes about the music video cameos from Dr. Dre, Jadakiss and Styles P, the favorite scene with the “quad bikes” and the historic accolades the song received, including winning the first ever Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2002.